The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating of right foot disability due to outstanding VA treatment records, inadequate medical opinions, and need for a new advisory opinion. The Veteran is asked to provide authorization for private treatment records and undergo a foot conditions examination.
The deciding factor: The decision was not based on service connection but rather on the need for additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the right foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Disability, Pes Planus, Plantar Fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2024
- Citation
- A24058038
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus was denied as the evidence did not warrant a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right foot disability, finding that the evidence is at least approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's post-service disability was incurred in service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the PTSD with cannabis use disorder, mild issue is dismissed. The initial rating for plantar fasciitis remains at 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right foot, hip, and knee disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining opinions on causation or aggravation.
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